PSYC62H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Fluoxetine, Cytochrome P450, Quetiapine
26 Jan 2017
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Case study: colorado (legal to the state): the figgy(cid:859)s (charlotte little girl) seizures! Usa rampage against weed: people who smoke are lazy and crazed and became illegal i(cid:374) the (cid:1005)9(cid:1007)(cid:1004)(cid:859)s. Charlotte has nothing abnormal in development: seizures became constant, started declining cognitively, found she has dravet syndrome lifelong episodes of epilepsy. *can become fatal, children may die young. Started using all types of medication, alternatives: some medications actually harmed her. Matt went overseas and can only find things online: found a video of marijuana helping a child with dravet syndrome. Charlotte went up to 300 seizures a week and became catatonic: doctor wanted to prescribe sedative for epileptic dogs or put her in an induced coma for brain and body to rest. Her mom now wanted to use marijuana but could not find a protocol on where to obtain: you (cid:374)eeded (cid:1006) (cid:272)ards for a physi(cid:272)ia(cid:374) to allo(cid:449) (cid:858)(cid:373)edi(cid:272)ally (cid:373)arijua(cid:374)a(cid:859, many rejected this because she was 5.
